Interesting articles

With the explanation being?

In basic terms, no. But the article made zero references to the CoD and decisions already made for significant expansion of numbers and kit. It is at least his responsibility to inform people who know nothing about it, and I'd suggest many 'Village' readers could fit that description.

I think he's also wrong about the necessity for Coastguard aviation to be a DF function too.

I did indeed miss that bit on the basis of TLDR or TBDR.

Single engine prop operations over the ocean are too risky and the range of the PC12 is less than half of even the current CASAs. They are an overland and coastal ISTAR asset, at best.

Also, it wasn't a 'Task Force', it was a Royal Navy / NATO squadron of Frigates with long range surveillance aircraft covering the top, and there might have been an Irish ship larking about in the general area too - probably with a Russian SSN cruising underneath her hull, using her as camouflage against the NATO detection assets.

Jesus wept.

You don't even try. You just talk shyte. Like a troll.

Nothing like that is sitting on a shelf waiting for customers, but there are obviously well proven systems available from active manufacturers, subject to parameter surveys which are probably either underway or done.

The lead time will depend on orders on hand and supply chain of components, which are well known to be troublesome in the electronics sector just now, so how long is a piece of string really.

Whether it would be worth while getting in tactical mobile units from our partners in Europe to fill the gap in the meantime is debatable but it must surely be a live issue for the DoD and DF.

No, Part 8 is a particular classification of project to be delivered by a County Council itself for municipal purposes.

If I understand it correctly, Section 30 (a) of the Defence Act exempts the Minister for Defence from needing planning permission for pretty much all defence installations and other Sections cover compulsory acquisition of lands for defence needs.

However, if as suggested, primary military radar will end up joining existing civil installation sites, I think a hybrid of regular planning permission and Aviation legislation provisions will cover it.

With the serve the Taoiseach gave the Russians at the UN last night, its probably no harm!